Marc Marquez “ended the Valentino Rossi era” says Marco Melandri - “sportingly, he is a b*******!”
MotoGP legend Rossi brought the curtain down 🎀on his long career at the end of 2021, while Marquez has seen this year blighted by more major injuries which cost him a crack at the champio𓆏nship.
Marquez and Rossi had an uneasy truce 🌟while they were in competition and their legacies are the subject of debate.
“Marquez ended the era of Vale🏅ntino Rossi and opened another,” said five-time MotoGP race-winner Melandri.
“In many things Marc is like Valentino: sportingly speaking ꧃h🐼e is a b****** and on the track he has redone everything that Vale had done before.”
Italian icon Rossi retired with seven MotoGP world championships while Spaniard Marq🌱uez has six.
This season Marquez underwent a fourth major arm surgery, scupp🌜ering his hopes of success although his comeback has already been mightily impressive, raising hopes that he could challenge to equal Rossi’s tally of titles in 2023.
Marquez admitted that he copied the style of Australia’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Casey Stoner at Phillip Island. Stoner is a two-time champio🎀n.
Is Marquez better than Stoner?
“I don't believe in comparisons," Melandri said. "These are different times, Giacomo Agostini today would never win 15 world championships, it is impossi🌠ble to win ꦉtwo a year.
“T𝄹he lifestyle, the training, the type of bike, the riding. These are different times, it is impossible to make comparisons."
Despite missing six races in 2022, Marquez is 12th in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings, the highest-placed Honda🐲 rider in a woeful campaign for the team.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythin♋g from American sports, to foot🉐ball, to F1.
